warwickhunt

[quote name='mr_russ' post='416032' date='Feb 21 2009, 10:54 AM']bear with me - I'll take a look[/quote] Nice one. Just as an aside; has anyone swapped pups on their DJ and got recordings of before and after? Obviously pup selection makes a difference in a bass but I've known some basses where it makes a bigger difference than it does in others.

... without the pickguard on? Are there any routs underneath the guard that prevent removing it? Any owners with pics of a DJ sans guard?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='415974' date='Feb 21 2009, 09:07 AM']The back/rear/bridge pup on some sets of pups is marginally wider than the front/neck pup[/quote] [quote name='benwhiteuk' post='415988' date='Feb 21 2009, 09:43 AM']+1 A rear Jazz pickup will be slightly longer than the front, and this is just due to the pole pieces of the front pickup having to be slightly closer to each other because of the change in string spacing the further down the bass you get.[/quote] It wasn't until you used the term 'longer' that I realised that I had used the term 'wider', I obviously meant the same thing because the pups aren't in fact any 'wider' if you are talking the distance across them... Argh this is doing my head in! wider / longer / longer / wider / whatever

The back/rear/bridge pup on some sets of pups is marginally wider than the front/neck pup

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='415581' date='Feb 20 2009, 05:18 PM']Most singlecuts remind me of a Sperm Whale, the MM included. My avatar on the other hand is the way to do it methinks. Peter[/quote] So is yours more Killer Whale or Narwhal then Peter?

Goes without saying! So that makes... 2

I liked a couple of your lines particularly coming up to the bridge, though I thought that you looked a bit early into some of the apexes... then again I've never been around Oulton Park. Oh and congrats on the compliment from PW.

Just done a couple of deps for bands and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge so as I'm not overly burdened with gigs at the moment I'm open to offers. Been gigging for (cough) nearly 30 years so I have plenty experience. I'm not a reader so realistically we are talking classic covers of which I know a fair few but I'm also pretty up to date with newer material. Good gear and transport but that doesn't mean I'll do 150 mile round trips for £25 gigs. If you're stuck for the odd gig (bassist ill/holiday) give me a shout.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='414803' date='Feb 19 2009, 10:00 PM']He He,, there like estate cars to me, they just dont look right..[/quote] See I just think Estate cars look good and saloons etc just look wrong... but I also own a single-cut! Is there some correlation?

[quote name='kroogie' post='414686' date='Feb 19 2009, 08:11 PM']Hi! In my experience it might be that your strings is too close to the pickups, so that the preamp get to much signal, creating distortion. The fact that you don`t get any distortion in passive mode supports this! Kroogie[/quote] The strings would need to be virtually lying on the pups (actually even then I doubt it would happen ) for that to happen. The EMGs MECs Barts that came fitted to Thumb basses could be so close to the strings that you had more worry of your strings rattling off the pup covers and carving them up than you'd need to worry about distortion. In fact I have my Warwicks set up with approx 4-5mm of clearance, all except for the $$... that 'needs' a bit more clearance as they are big old magnets in there! A sensible suggestion and I appreciate that magnetic pull, wolf-notes and distortion can be a result of string proximity on some basses but rarely an issue on 'most' Warwicks, especially Thumbs. The distortion in passive mode can point to a lot of other causes to.

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='414421' date='Feb 19 2009, 03:57 PM']Ah, I'm with you now. I almost had a special moment in my pants. I understood you perfectly, but I'm a fellow NE-er (although I live 20 metres [i]south[/i] of the Tyne...). I think the vast majority of the denizens of the interwebs would understand "I've already tapped Alex" to mean that you had... (how can I put this politely and delicately?) ...ploughed him.[/quote] Gah Ungh Wah No not that kind of 'tapped' saying that... would that get me a cab?

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='414382' date='Feb 19 2009, 03:37 PM']It'll be far too much fun with valve amps to not make it available! Aaaargghhh! Gutted I can't make it over to the bash, and I'm only 30 miles away. Is it actually going to be ready for 1st March? [/quote] [quote name='alexclaber' post='414405' date='Feb 19 2009, 03:49 PM']No, it's coming as in going to stay part of the line-up, whilst I think I might completely drop the 2x12" cabs - why use two twelves when you can use one fifteen and save weight and cost? It isn't going to be at the NE Bass Bash though! Alex[/quote] Sorry if I caused any confusion there Alex. To clarify; I did ask Alex if there might have been a cab or two available for attendees of the NE bash to try but Alex is trying his best to complete orders for people asap so it would be unrealistic to expect him to drop paid work to let a few greedy Geordies paw over his cabs. As you were!

[quote name='Hamster' post='414379' date='Feb 19 2009, 03:36 PM']I was sooooo tempted! - nomorebasses nomorebasses nomorebasses!![/quote] Ditto! Just goes to show the true value of some things as I'm sure there were a few of us watching it but absolutely nobody dipped into their pocket. Daft thing is that the guy would have been lucky to clear £450 after the various eBay and PayPal fees!

[quote name='BigAlonBass' post='414378' date='Feb 19 2009, 03:36 PM']Not a problem now. I'm doing the sound for a Club Band on the afternoon, so I won't be there. [/quote] You f*ckin f*cker you, how dare you not attend. You can manage to make it to the last one in the depths of winter, in the snow... ON A MOTORBIKE [u]after[/u] your car has blown up and yet a little thing like work (patoooh) stops you!

[quote name='The Funk' post='414361' date='Feb 19 2009, 03:27 PM'][/quote] Hmmm! Have I used a colloquialism unheard of out of the NE? To 'tap' someone = to politely make a request or to ask a favour of.

[quote name='molan' post='409810' date='Feb 14 2009, 11:28 PM']No bids yet. . .[/quote] No interest @ £500 at all!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='414233' date='Feb 19 2009, 01:30 PM']Compacts? Big Ones?[/quote] I've already tapped Alex to see if he had anything spare that could find its way to the NE bash but the poor guy is absolutely run off his feet... now if you were to BUY one in time for the bash!

[quote name='Jamesk86' post='414058' date='Feb 19 2009, 11:36 AM']If I was a righty I would have that off you straight away!! such a beauty!![/quote] Hendrix managed somehow... dare to be different. [quote name='clauster' post='414094' date='Feb 19 2009, 12:03 PM']I can't believe you still haven't sold this. If I had the funds I'd have had it off you already! N[/quote] A couple of close calls and I thought I'd had it traded more than once but I'll take the chance on eBay and see what happens. Worst case scenario; I lose a bit of dosh, best case I make a bit of dosh! Either way I know I'm not going to be using it so it may as well move on.

Discount for fellow BCers obviously.